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The actor and the text / Cicely Berry ; with a new foreword by Trevor Nunn.

By: Material type: TextSeries: The Applause acting seriesPublication details: New York, NY : Applause Books, c1992.Edition: New and rev. [ed.]Description: 303 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1557831386 (pbk.) :
  • 9781557831385
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN2061 .B46
Contents:
Pt.1 Attitudes to Voice and Text: Ch.1 Sound and Meaning;- 1. Attitudes to voice; 2. The practical means. Ch. 2. Heightened versus Naturalistic Text Pt. 2. Shakespeare - Setting out the Rules: Ch. 3. Metre and Rhythm. Ch. 4. Structures, Energy, Imagery and Sound;- 1. Energy through the text. 2. Antithesis. 3. Substance of the word. 4. Discovery and movement of thought. 5. Nature of the image, its logic, and its inquiry into nature. 6. Argument and emotion. 7. Word games and patterns. 8. Structure of speeches. Pt. 3. Shakespeare - the Practical Means. Ch. 5. Introduction to the Exercises. Ch. 6. Substance of the Text. 1. Sounds: vowels and consonants. 2. Nearing the language: substance of text. 3. Language fabric. Ch. 7. Metre and Energy. 1. Metre. 2. Energy through the text. 3. Subversion -- or making language your own. Ch. 8. Acting, Text and Style. Ch. 9. Further Points of Text. 1. Prose. 2. Heightened music. 3. Scene structures. 4. Recap on speech structures. 5. Sonnets. Ch. 10. Relating to Other Texts. 1. Jacobean text. 2. Restoration text. 3. Formal modern text. 4. Modern text. Pt. 4. Voice Work. Ch. 11. Preparation. 1. Finding the space. 2. Using poetry. 3. Cadence and note. Ch. 12. Further Voice Exercises.
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Pt.1 Attitudes to Voice and Text:
Ch.1 Sound and Meaning;- 1. Attitudes to voice; 2. The practical means.
Ch. 2. Heightened versus Naturalistic Text
Pt. 2. Shakespeare - Setting out the Rules:
Ch. 3. Metre and Rhythm.
Ch. 4. Structures, Energy, Imagery and Sound;-
1. Energy through the text. 2. Antithesis. 3. Substance of the word. 4. Discovery and movement of thought. 5. Nature of the image, its logic, and its inquiry into nature. 6. Argument and emotion. 7. Word games and patterns. 8. Structure of speeches.
Pt. 3. Shakespeare - the Practical Means.
Ch. 5. Introduction to the Exercises.
Ch. 6. Substance of the Text. 1. Sounds: vowels and consonants. 2. Nearing the language: substance of text. 3. Language fabric.
Ch. 7. Metre and Energy. 1. Metre. 2. Energy through the text. 3. Subversion --
or making language your own.
Ch. 8. Acting, Text and Style.
Ch. 9. Further Points of Text. 1. Prose. 2. Heightened music. 3. Scene structures. 4. Recap on speech structures. 5. Sonnets. Ch. 10. Relating to Other Texts. 1. Jacobean text. 2. Restoration text. 3. Formal modern text. 4. Modern text.
Pt. 4. Voice Work.
Ch. 11. Preparation. 1. Finding the space. 2. Using poetry. 3. Cadence and note.
Ch. 12. Further Voice Exercises.

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